Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PETROLEUM (AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA ZONE OF COOPERATION) (CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1990 No. 37, 1990 - SECT 22

22. Section 5A of the Principal Act is amended:

   (a)  by omitting from subsection (1) "or the Northern Territory" and
substituting "other than Western Australia";

   (b)  by omitting from subsection (1) "or Territory";

   (c)  by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:

"(1A) For the purposes of this Act, but subject to subsections (2) and (10),
the adjacent area in respect of Western Australia or the Northern Territory is
so much of the area described in Schedule 2 under the heading that refers to
that State or Territory as comprises waters of the sea that:

   (a)  are not within the outer limits of the territorial sea of Australia
        (including the territorial sea adjacent to any island forming part of
        Australia); and

   (b)  are within the outer limits of the continental shelf; and

   (c)  are not within Area A of the Zone of Cooperation.";

   (d)  by inserting in subsection (3) ", but subject to subsection (10)",
        after "For the purposes of this Act";

   (e)  by omitting from subsection (3) "within the outer limits of the
        continental shelf" and substituting:

"that:

   (a)  are within the outer limits of the continental shelf; and

   (b)  are not within Area A of the Zone of Cooperation";

   (f)  by inserting after subsection (9) the following subsections:

"(10) For the purposes of an Act to which this subsection applies, this
section has effect as if paragraphs (1A) (c) and (3) (b) were omitted.

"(11) The regulations may prescribe the Acts to which subsection (10)
applies.".